Quark 6.5 shipping now, if you care

Acoording to

Quark's press release, version 6.5 "represents a shift in thinking at Quark by offering expanded power, versatility and the creative possibilities of QuarkXPress software, at no cost to current QuarkXPress 6 customers."

I think they are trying to tell us it sucks slightly less than the previous version. A "shift in thinking"???? You mean they have stopped thinking Mac users and desktop publishing pros around the globe are morons who will contunue buying their overpriced inferior product just because they set the "standard", without bothering to consider the superior alternatives available these days?

I was reminded of this brilliant "translation" of Quark's 6.0 press release last year, by John Gruber.

For an excellent Quark vs InDesign assessment , check out
Pariah S. Burke's post from May on
The Design Weblog.